★ M9 Bayonet | Freehand (Minimal Wear)

Skin overview

The recognisable part of Freehand is the contrast: a bright violet anodized blade under a dense layer of hand-drawn silver doodles. Minimal Wear keeps that contrast almost untouched, with only small marks that are hard to spot on the busy pattern. The doodles themselves help hide minor flaws, so this grade looks close to new in the hand.

Item type: knife. Covert is the top weapon rarity: usually the most prominent items of a collection or case.

Anodized Multicolored: several colours in the metal coating; it wears little, the colours only dull with use.

Appearance in Minimal Wear

The blade is anodized in a vivid violet with black areas along the spine and near the guard, and the whole surface is covered with silver-white marker doodles: block lettering, circles, swirls and small shapes. The sawback teeth on the spine stay silver and break the pattern with a clean row of metal.

Tiny scratches may appear at the very tip and along the cutting edge. They are small and mostly disappear among the doodles. In game the knife looks practically identical to Factory New. The flat of the blade, the spine, guard and grip remain clean.

Minimal Wear quality — float range 0.07–0.15

The float of ★ M9 Bayonet | Freehand ranges from 0 to 0.48; the Minimal Wear quality covers 0.07–0.15 — 17% of this skin’s scale. The lower the float within the range, the cleaner the surface looks and the higher a copy is usually priced.

Where the skin comes from: collection and case

It drops as a rare special item from:

• Gamma Case
• Gamma 2 Case

Price by quality

Compared with the Minimal Wear quality, the others go like this:

• Factory New — 8% dearer
• Field-Tested — 7% cheaper
• Well-Worn — 7% cheaper
• Battle-Scarred — 8% cheaper

Based on the cheapest SkinOut.gg listing of each quality, otherwise on the market reference.

By price this skin is 17th of 23 skins Covert M9 Bayonet in this quality (the first being the dearest).

StatTrak™ version

There is also a the StatTrak™ version: the counter on the weapon tracks kills. Right now it is 6% dearer than the regular one.

What to check before buying

• Check where the float sits within its grade, since a low float inside a grade keeps the tip and edge noticeably cleaner.
• Inspect the tip and cutting edge closely, as these are the first places where the purple breaks to bare metal.
• Decide whether you want the StatTrak™ version, which exists for this knife and is listed separately.
• Look at any name tag on the offer and make sure it suits you, since it stays on the knife.

Who should buy Minimal Wear

• Players who want a near-new look without paying for the top grade.
• Buyers who rely on the busy doodle pattern to hide the few small marks.
• A sensible balance of appearance and cost.